Master
Bioinformatics
part-time
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The path from gene to product: biotechnology or bioengineering is the engineering discipline of biotechnology. It concerns optimizing and developing biotechnological methods for efficient production in the industry. The degree program is tailored specifically to the needs of industrial applications: pharmaceutical production, the chemical industry and brewing and fermentation technology. A bio-industrial pilot plant at the university provides unique opportunities for a practical and application oriented education.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSc)
Tuition fee per semester
€ 363,361
+ ÖH premium + contribution2
Application winter semester 2025/26
01. January 2025 - 15. June 2025
40
1 Tuition fees for students from third countries € 727,- per semester. Details on tuition fees can be found in the general fee regulations.
2 for additional study expenses (currently up to €83,- depending on degree program and year)
You are interested in the practical application of biology and technology in the industry. Mathematics is one of your strengths. You also have good knowledge of natural sciences. You enjoy working in a team and on projects. You are a process-oriented and analytical thinker and are highly conscious of quality. You find a career in the industry attractive. Average English skills are expected. Language of instruction is German.
Sharing is good, however, not your lab space, please. You are guaranteed your own.
What you learn here is crucial to solving global problems.
Going abroad for an internship or a job: this is the next logical step when studying with us.
You need a general university entrance qualification, proven by
or a relevant professional qualification with additional examinations.
Relevant professional qualification with additional examinations
You have acquired your professional qualification, for example, by completing an apprenticeship in the field of
Depending on the section, individual additional examinations must be taken as part of the limited higher education entrance qualification.
Details on the limited higher education entrance qualification and the additional examinations can be obtained from the secretary's office.
The required language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is at least
Applicants may require legalization of documents from countries other than Austria in order for them to have the evidential value of domestic public documents. Information on the required legalizations can be found here in PDF format.
For documents that are neither in German nor English, a translation by a sworn and court-certified interpreter is required. Your original documents should have all the necessary legalization stamps before translation so that the stamps are also translated. The translation must be firmly attached to the original document or a legalized copy.
As part of your online application, upload scans of your original documents including all required legalization stamps. For documents not issued in German or English, scans of the corresponding translations must also be uploaded. The head of the study program decides on the equivalence of international (higher) education qualifications. Therefore, your documents can only be checked as part of the ongoing application process.
Your path to studying at FH Campus Wien begins with your registration on our application platform. In your online account, you can start your application directly or activate a reminder if the application phase has not yet started.
There are 40 places available each year on the Bachelor's degree program Bioengineering. The ratio of study places to applicants is currently approx. 1:3.
Your application is valid once you have completely uploaded the required documents. If you do not have all the documents at the time of your online application, please submit them to the secretary's office by email as soon as you receive them.
After completing your online application, you will receive an email confirmation with information on the next steps.
The admission procedure consists of a written test and an interview with the admission committee.
The study places are awarded at the latest in mid-July based on this ranking. The process as a whole and all test and assessment results from the admission procedure are documented in a transparent and verifiable manner.
Written test and interview
Between April and June, details will be available when the application is open.
Planned start of the first semester
Mid of August
Do you still have questions about the study?
Make an appointment with Elisabeth Holzmann (Secretary's office) elisabeth.holzmann@fh-campuswien.ac.at for a a personal consultation via Zoom.
Your education and research benefit from our close partnerships with well-known biotech companies as well as the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and the Vienna Institute of Biotechnology (VIBT), who share the campus with us. The partnership enables you to take advantage of the BOKU's excellent infrastructure. In addition to the laboratories, this includes an industrial pilot plant with which production processes can be developed on a laboratory scale and applied on a pilot scale. This provides you with a practice-oriented education, because in the industry the lab and pilot scale is only followed by the production scale in which the product is manufactured in commercially viable quantities. The simulation of the processes on a pilot scale helps determine deviations in each process step and develop process parameters for the commercial evaluation of the production processes. Numerous R&D projects in the degree program offer you the opportunity to work with cutting-edge applications and to make valuable contacts for your future career. Practical relevance is also guaranteed at our Campus Lecture evenings, which are open to all and feature contributions from prominent experts.
The practically oriented degree program has established itself in applied research and development. It concerns optimizing bioengineering methods for industrial production. The degree program focuses on three industrial applications: red and white biotechnology as well as brewing and fermentation technology. The red biotechnology includes medical and pharmaceutical applications. The white biotechnology plays an increasingly important role in the chemical industry and other industries.
The benefits of biotechnology are that fewer natural resources are used, energy efficiency is higher, CO ² emissions are lower and production costs are also lower. The fact that the degree program is particularly application oriented can also be seen within the context of R&D projects. For example, the Department of Bioengineering together with the biotech company Vogelbusch developed a process improvement that helps to replace petroleum as the basis for chemicals with less expensive renewable raw materials.
With Bioengineering you have chosen an intensive technical and scientific education. Technology, biology and chemistry are the foundation of the degree program.
Semester dates
Winter semester: Mid of August to end of January
Summer semester: Beginning of February to mid of July
Number of teaching weeks
20 per Semester
Times
6.00 p.m.-9.20 p.m. four times from Monday to Friday
Saturday approximately every 2 weeks from 8.30 a.m. (all-day)
Electives
Selection and participation according to available places. There may be separate admission procedures.
As a graduate of this program, a wide range of occupational fields and career opportunities are open to you. Find out here where your path can take you.
Your will receive an education for a growth market. Biotechnology is a key technology of the 21st century that is booming internationally as well as in Austria. Right here in Vienna, a dynamic life science cluster has developed that has also created many jobs in the industry. You will be qualified for a wide range of fields from traditional biotech companies that manufacture pharmaceuticals, to various industries in which bioengineering methods are used in the production of foods, industrial chemicals, other biotechnology products or in brewing and beverage production.
With your expertise as a bioengineer you will work primarily on optimizing and further developing biotechnological production processes and methods that already work in the lab so that they are also suitable for the commercially viable production in the industry. Quality control and quality assurance play an important role in the production. In the medium term, you will be able to head the production, laboratory or project management.
We work closely with numerous industrial companies, universities such as the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB) and other research institutes. This guarantees you strong contacts for internships, employment or participation in research and development activities. You can find information about our cooperation activities and much more at Campusnetzwerk.It’s well worth visiting the site as it may direct you to a new job or interesting event held by our cooperation partners!
Head of Degree Programs Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Bioprocess Engineering, Biotechnological Quality Management
+43 1 606 68 77-3601
michael.maurer@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Favoritenstraße 222, E.3.22
1100 Vienna
+43 1 606 68 77-3600
+43 1 606 68 77-3609
bioengineering@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Office hours during semester
Mo to Thur, 4.30 p.m. to 6.15 p.m.
Availability by phone
Mo to Thur, 10.00 a.m. to 6.15 p.m
Fr, 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m
Academic Staff
barbara.feldhofer@fh-campuswien.ac.at
+43 1 606 68 77-3612
Deputy Head of Degree Program Bioengineering; Academic Staff
alexandra.graf@fh-campuswien.ac.at
+43 1 606 68 77-3602
Academic Staff
harald.kuehnel@fh-campuswien.ac.at
+43 1 606 68 77-3603
